Test Strategy & Validation:
Work closely with development, product management, and customer engineering teams to validate features, system behavior, and security aspects.
Design and implement test strategies, topologies, and test plans for large-scale networking and security solutions.
Understand and replicate customer deployments for real-world validation.
Test Execution & Automation:
Execute manual and automated test cases to validate end-to-end solutions.
Develop and enhance test automation frameworks for API and CLI testing.
Perform performance, scale, and convergence testing to identify bottlenecks and optimize system behavior.
Debugging & Troubleshooting:
Investigate, debug, and troubleshoot complex networking issues.
Collaborate with the development team to validate fixes and improve system reliability.
Customer-Centric Testing & Support:
Review customer environments, deployments, and escalations to address any test coverage gaps.
Assist in customer issue reproduction and resolution.
Provide technical reports and validation documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
Collaboration & Process Improvement:
Work in an Agile/SCRUM environment to ensure efficient test cycles.
Continuously optimize testing approaches and automate repetitive validation tasks.

8+ years of experience in QA and automation testing.
3+ years of hands-on experience in networking domain testing.
3+ years of experience in Python automation (or similar programming languages).
3+ years of experience in automated API and CLI testing.
Strong experience in test framework development and harness integration.
Deep understanding of performance, scalability, and security testing.
Experience working in an Agile/SCRUM team with continuous integration practices.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage cross-functional teams.

Knowledge of virtualization platforms (VMware, OpenStack, Linux-based environments).
Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab).

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Senior QA Automation Engineer - Python